From the Abyss of Stars Part 1

016. The Odd Little Country

Li Aozi's video went viral globally in a rather amusing way. Many people, at first, saw the yellow-and-black shared links sent by friends, intending to criticize them with righteous indignation, but upon clicking, they found themselves staring at Li Aozi's handsome face.

—Well, maybe it's not so bad after all.

Although Frost-Plated kept a tight guard, facing this kind of trick, where people were lured into watching Li Aozi's speech disguised as a short film, exposing the truth about Frost-Plated and Abyss Humanitarian's experiments, there was simply no way to prevent it.

In the end, Li Aozi found his video gradually becoming popular in an abstract manner, with various netizens using his link to prank others, even trending toward becoming a meme or a trope.

"Doesn't matter, I will become famous."

Li Aozi focused on the practical results; since the goal was achieved, whether he became a meme in Azure Star or not didn't matter. After all, he had already killed off most of Abyss Humanitarian's people, and at this point, the Frost-Plated authorities had no choice but to block the news and continue hunting him down, with a flood of bounty hunters heading to Triangle Town to take him down.

Did the lord care? Not at all.

Li Aozi didn't care either; after all, with a flick of his finger, Lord Auckland would have a large group of new miners. The lord not only didn't mind but would have to thank him.

The Frost-Plated people wouldn't get angry over something like this; on the contrary, Tianhuan, which had always coveted Frost-Plated's territory, was already itching to move at such a good opportunity.

Just two days later, a low-key convoy arrived in Triangle Town, and Lord Auckland received them. After a brief discussion, he sent a message to Li Aozi:

"The Tianhuan people have arrived."

Li Aozi put aside his work at the biochemical pool and changed into his Trash Old outfit, the persona he showed to the outside world, further solidifying this impression.

Even for Tianhuan, dealing with the three major external organizations required careful consideration.

Passing through the hall, Li Aozi arrived at the Auckland family's reception room, where two cold-faced guards with swords stood at the door. Tianhuan's bloodline was highly mixed, and due to the large influx of refugees from the outer world, their appearance and skin color made it impossible to distinguish them from people of the outer world.

The lord's guards, holding rifles, stared disapprovingly at the Tianhuan people in front of them. Noticing Li Aozi's arrival, they straightened up and saluted him:

"Mr. Li Aozi, you're here."

"Yes, Lord Auckland called for me." Li Aozi nodded, and the guards immediately opened the door for him to enter.

Sitting on the sofa in the reception room were two men in suits, one with a stern face and a prominent scar, clearly someone who had crawled through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The other had a friendly appearance, with a constantly upturned mouth that made him seem kind.

Upon seeing Li Aozi arrive, Lord Auckland immediately jumped out of his chair, happily approached, and gave him a hug:

"Ah, Aozi, I'm really sorry to bother you at a time like this."

"No problem."

Li Aozi noticed that Lord Auckland deliberately called him 'Aozi' and gave him a big hug, even patting him on the back. Such affectionate behavior was clearly meant to show off to outsiders.